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Comment by 5969

At the very east side of the Cliffspring River (55,34), is a cave occupied by Naga. The Saber Stalk and Death Cap can be found inside. Be warned though: This area is very dangerous! Even at level 16-17 you can find yourself in serious trouble if you aren't careful...

Comment by 6587

If your soloing this quest it's easier to go to the right after you enter the cave. There are two death caps up there and only a couple of naga. If your careful they are easily single pulled. The other mushrooms respawn fast so you won't have to go very far into the cave.

Comment by bbechman

It definatly used to be much easier to go to the right...except it seems that Blizzard has changed it now. A Death Cap no longer spawns at the top of the right path.

Correction: Seems that I cannot delete this post, but seems I was wrong. The death cap has started to respawn again at the top if you go to the right. Seems I hit it when it was bugged. :(

Comment by 9846

The Scaber Stalks are pretty easy to get, but the Death Cap is what makes this quest hard. They are buried deep in the cave and you'll have to fight your way back there. Also be as quick as possible since the MOBs spawn VERY QUICKLY!!!

Comment by 15173

Comment by Icemelt

This quest is not hard, but can be if you get careless. Your best course of action, due to the faster spawn times, is to take your time and have your Hearthstone ready when you complete. Otherwise you'll be killing your way out.

If you're lucky, you'll get the Death Cap on the upper floor as apposed to inside the cavern deeps.

Warning!: Unless you are sure of yourself and your skill/level, do not attempt to kill the Twilight Thugs. The drop rate for the quest giving book is extremely low. "IF" you decide to take them on, your best bet is to use some immoblizing effect on one of the Twilight Thugs and Nuke the caster/healer. You may die at this point. Run back as quickly as possible, immobilize the lower of the two Twilight Thugs and Nuke the other. You 'MAY' die again (this is why it's not worth it to me). Run back quickly, kill the last, hope the healer doesen't respawn, because you 'MAY' die again! If the Twilight Thugs are orange to you, don't even try. I suggest not trying unless at least one of them (probably the healer) is green. (This is based on a Rogue's perspective and may change with other classes.)

Comment by Thottbot

55,33

Comment by Thottbot

I found my deathcap behind a chest at 55,36 on the top level in an alcove.

It was orange.

Comment by Thottbot

When you're getting to the cave you take right.55,35 is where you can find the Death cap, you gotta go trough the small cave as it is to the end.

It's not especially long & you have to kill about 7-10 to get to the Death Cap & along the way you can find the other mushroom you need.

Comment by Thottbot

On the map, the cave is on the north side of where the Cliffspring River flows into the mountains. I follow the path from Auberdine all the way to the bridge and run through the river until I hit the Cliffspring Falls and take a path to the left (north) of the falls.

The death cap is amidst 4-5 guys that are at the end of the "path" if you go right after walking in. I was able to get enough Scaber Stalks by grabbing everything on the right side twice (on the way to the death cap and on the way back.) I had no need to go to the lower level. There was a chest down there but that wasn't reason enough =D

I did it as a 17 Druid with no troubles with adds or anything. Only advise I have is not to stand with your back to the abyss since these guys throw you backwards. I would hate to fall into a mob.

Comment by Thottbot

Died once going in (was unexpectedly pulled into a nasty battle all ready in progress). Went back, and there was another lvl 16 druid doing the same quest. We helped double teamed the bad guys (with my pet also) and took turns collecting mushroos. I got 4 mushrooms + death cap before I died again. Went back to my body and used Shadowmeld until the coast was clear and quickly picked up my fifth (last mushroom) without a problem. Hung around the cave until I died again, collecting lots of copper killing (the drops were anywhere between 15 and 49 each).

Like most caves, this isn't that bad as a Hunter. Send you pet in to melee, then stand back and hit them with your arrows. Even when they regenerate their health, you're already doing enough damage to kill them quickly and move on to the next one.

As you get deeper into the tunnel, there are humanoids who do much damage.

Anyone knows what's in that chest? Didn't get a chance to grab it and may want to go back in depending on the reward.

Comment by Thottbot

Death cap is on top of the cave.. go right as you enter.

Comment by Thottbot

Can be found in the Naga Cave. 55,35. If you take a right it will lead to two death caps, so if you are in a group its very helpful. Granted I was 21 when I did this quest so I did it solo style.

Comment by Thottbot

I've done this quest several times with various levels of different classes. I went to do it with my new hunter, and the deathcap wasn't there. The white ones were all where they belonged, but the deathcap was not in the back right where it always has been. I cleared the whole cave, looked everywhere, died twice, and no respawn. Has the location been changed? Has the quest sprung a bug?

Ah, edit. It now spawns in various places in the cave. I just found it on the bottom level, near the thugs.

Comment by Thottbot

This q really sucks! Mobs spawn far to fast, and are so god damn hard to kill. + Those damn patrols, and u can't do anything without aggroing them!

Can't do this with lvl 15 druid..

Comment by Thottbot

Takes some patience but possible.

Buff yourself up with fortitude and inner fire.

First lure those at the entrance out one by one, take care not to lure too many. If more than one comes, use power word: shield and run, come back when they gave up chasing.

Start with smite, then shadow word: pain, then continue smite and mind blast till its dead. After the first smite, when it comes towards you, cast power word: shield.

Continue inching into the cave, keep to the right wall.. till u got everything.

If you're a herbalist, all the better. Switch on track herbs, you'll see where each type of shroom is on the map radar.

Comment by Thottbot

I don't know what you guys are complaining about, this q is a breeze compared to the vast deep ocean q, one of the worst q's ever.

Solo'ed it as a draenei lvl 16 priest. Just make sure you pull one at the time, keep your inner fire and shield up and wand a lot, so you don't waste too many mana (you need it, cause the sirens can heal themselves). (PVE-) talents like spirit tap and wand spec. do wonders here. If you pull two mobs, finish the one you were currently fighting and take the next one. Use fear in emergencies. As a draenei i had some advantages: when the first one died, i shielded and used gift of naruu and symbol of hope, so i had some good health and mana regen.

When you go in, take a right and pick up the Scaber Stalks on the way. If you're being careful enough, you should be able to pull one mob at the time. At the end of the pad, there is a Death Cap. Take it, go back and get the Scaber Stalks which respawned by then. Wave at the naga you see below: you'll get the mushrooms easily by then, so you don't have to go down there. Be careful when fighting the mobs on your way back: others can respawn, without you noticing them.

Again in emergencies, use fear. You can just run in a straight line out the cave and jump off the waterfall, if you feel to.

Comment by Thottbot

I died five times trying to solo this quest. The only reason I eventually won is because I accidentally pulled just one of the two "Thugs." I still didn't even try to fight my way out.

By the way, I was at level 20.

Comment by Allakhazam

This one officially gets the "should have been elite" tag. The difficulty makes it impossible to solo at the recommended level.

Comment by Allakhazam

Ok, I've had this quest forever, and it's green for me now...I cannot find the cave anywhere! Where is the cave? I've found the furblog camps, but don't see a cave anywhere-does anyone have the Cosmos cooridinants?

Comment by Allakhazam

Sigh - the death cap was looted by the person in front of me -- and after a half hour it has not respawned.

Comment by Allakhazam

Comment by Allakhazam

I was doing fine jacking up the snakes but those dorky humanoids rushed me - >:I had to scare one away with scare beast then concentrate on the other two. Bring your buddies on this one I say.

17 - Night Elf Hunter

It's in the cave north of cliff spring falls - go inside the waterfall near the mountains. Snake city baby....

Comment by Allakhazam

Yea this quest is difficult, I collected all the shrooms but the death capp. Where can it be found?

RR

Comment by Allakhazam

Where exactly is this cave? Is it up in the mountians or something? I've been all over Cliffspring Falls. I've looked for days and can't find it. Also, is this quest easy to solo if you are several levels above it? I'm level 21 Night Elf Druid.

Comment by Allakhazam

Can you people please tell us HOW to get to the cave!

Comment by Allakhazam

This one is hard if you do not take your time and try to single pull. I finished with a lvl 16 hunter, killing almost all the mobs in the cave. I could not find the upper level deathcap, so I proceeded down the ramp and to the left. Patients is the key here. Make sure you plan your pulls good. If you have a pet with growl then you will not have to worry about the knock back.

Comment by Allakhazam

I could list the coordinates for you but why don't you try clicking on either the scaber stalk or death cap links above? Brings up a nice map of Darkshore showing where it is...

Comment by Allakhazam

Not sure if this has been changed, or if it's just random, but deathcap mushroom is no longer up the hill to the right, you need to go DOWN and follow the cave around where a few of the spawn, but were protected by a gnome and an orc, defias I believe. Drove us nuts going up the hill a few times today until I asked and found out it was now down...

Comment by Allakhazam

I don't know if they've made this quest alot easier since 2004, but I read the first page comments and everyone said it was extremely difficult.

In any case, I just did this on a level 17 hunter... it was insanely easy, got all the mushrooms and out before any respawn, and never went below 80% health.

Comment by Allakhazam

I tried this one tonight, and it seems to be bugged. I went back to Barithras Moonshade and could not turn in the items or complete the quest. I had 5 stalks and 1 death cap in my inventory.

I did this quest with 2 friends and they had the same problem I did.

Comment by Allakhazam

55.33

Comment by Allakhazam

Please, please, please,

Somebody give me a link too a coordinate mod that works. Ive been too so many, and its either been an error too stop the download, or some complicated zip function that must be done too get it too work.

So just any straightforward X,Y coordinate mod, ive heared they make quests far easier. Any help is appreciated.

Comment by Allakhazam

I was able to finish this on my 14 hunter. just used concussive shot when they were low HP so they dont run to aggro, and killed one at a time. To get deathcap, i just used my pet to distract them while i grabbed it. I died twice total.

Comment by Allakhazam

This one was a bit tricky. The best approach to it is take it one snake at a time. Do not rush into this one. The male snakes are fighters and the female snakes are mages. Kill the 1 to 2 that are outside of cave. Then just as you enter there is a mushroom to your left. Now if your a Rogue stealth to the far right of the cave all the way to the back and get the Death Cap. Then kill the one in back that will attack you then Stealth back to entrance and keep getting your mushrooms till your quest is done. That way if you die you can rez and still have time to heal before you need to kill the guard again and get your mushrooms collected.

Comment by Allakhazam

I soloed this whole thing with a 17 human warrior who is not supertwinked by any stretch of the imagination.

First, getting to the cave is easy. Follow the road up to Cliffsprings River, then follow the river southeast until you reach a very large waterfall (in fact, the cave is right on the map). On the left side of the waterfall as you face it, you will see a path leading to the top of the waterfall. The cave is there, behind a small curtain of water.

The males can hit hard and do have a nasty proc that will fling you backward, but it's easy to deal with: just fight with your back against a wall. The sorcerers are best charged in place; they have a healing spell, but can't stand up to a lot of pounding. They both run, so have some way to slow them down or you'll regret it. (As a warrior, I used hamstring).

The regular mushrooms are everywhere, so pick them as available, but head up the rightside ramp toward the death mushroom first. It IS guarded by three mobs, level 16-17, but they are all easily single pullable. I got one male and two casters; I pulled the male but took both casters in place, and none of them added.

Comment by Allakhazam

The mobs are not too tough, but there tons of them, so get a buddy. I did it with warlock and druid (I am warrior)all level 17-20. Got it pretty easy, mushrooms are evrywhere and the cap is at the end, so you have to go through all of them. The cave is not too long though. Definitely a group quest if you do not want take your time creeping through the tunnels and was to get out quick and painless. Do not have to be hight level though. We never got aggro more than one.

Comment by Allakhazam

I just did this at level 17 and had no trouble. The snakes are all solo pulls. Work your way along the right ledge killing one at a time. Do not go down. You can gather the first three Scaber Stalks on your way to the back. The Death Cap is in the back left corner, next to the ledge. Get the other Stalks on your way back out.

Comment by Allakhazam

Ok, I've had this quest forever, and it's green for me now...I cannot find the cave anywhere! Where is the cave? I've found the furblog camps, but don't see a cave anywhere-does anyone have the Cosmos cooridinants?

Comment by Allakhazam

The cave is on the WEST side of the cliffspring river (the left side if you are facing north). Follow the river north on the west side and enter the cave, it has a waterfall running over the entrance. Follow the path to the right picking up the scaber and pulling individual mobs. The Death Cap is the last one on the upper floor. By the time you have finished be aware that there will be one or two mobs at the opening to the cave that have respawned. Coordinates: 55,33

Comment by Allakhazam

Just a reminder, this is the same place you go to for the Druid quest "The Principle Source".

For that one the young Druid needs to stand in the waterfall at the entrance to the cave to fill the container.

So if you're a Druid doing either this quest, "Cave Mushrooms", pick up the Principle Source quest as well. Fill the container at the entrance and then go inside for the 'shrooms. Why make two trips to the same place, ya know?

Comment by Allakhazam

The Death Cap Mushroom is up the ramp to the right and at the top in the corner to the left. There is also a chest up there behind some boulders.

This is tricky for non-melee ppl to solo. The males will hurt you bad! Mages/Priests will be hard put because of the short distance to the target, better to wait for a pickup group.

Comment by Allakhazam

Wow you guys can't explain where anything is. As soon as you get in the cave, go straight and follow the ramp going DOWN. You will pass a hallway to your left, go past it. Now you are in an open circle area. There is only one other hallway to go through and it's that one right in front of you. After you go through there, it's only one room. The deathcap is up top guarded by two level 17 humanoids and a level 16 Siren. Good luck, you might want to bring a party, or at least have a good healer, because I was doing fine (16 Rogue) with a 14 Druid who was healing until he got disconnected. Btw, I have Rank 1 Stealth and 5/5 Master of Deception and they can still see me stealthed. Also, there are 3 death caps being guarded. My bust, there is a death cap to the right as well (which is easier) Oh and my stealth seems to be working properly :) And I soloed it with my Rogue, so...

Edited, Fri Apr 15 14:43:46 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

So maybe a link too an X, Y coordinate mod that works anybody? One thats actually easy too install? Perhaps?

Comment by Allakhazam

with coords the cave is 55,33for those without coords, just go east along cliffspring river..

Comment by Allakhazam

i was a level 20 elf warrior and found that i could kill them one at a time at the mouth of the cave and the mushroom just inside the cave to the left would regen quite often and i got most of the 5 from that. THEN i wondered where the hell the death cap was cuz getting anywhere into the cave got my ass killed before i could even look - there are a LOT of the buggers in there.

What i did then was allow myself to get killed, returned as a spirit and searched the cave and then reclaimed my body when i found the death cap in the upper back.I then got killed AGAIN right next to it and then reclaimed my body right behind it. As it happened i was far enough away from every mob nearest to it to grab it and then hearthstone the hell out.

fun.

Comment by Allakhazam

I suggest having help on this one...There are tons of these scaly guys and the mushrooms are in various places throughout the cave.

I had a level 20-something NE with me and he fought them and I healed while I found the mushrooms.

I almost died as it was, so I'd suggest bringing a buddy or two.

Comment by Allakhazam

When I went to the cave, it was guarded by an Elite lvl 16 serpent man and pulling him would have probably brought 2 more adds. Just FYI if you are planning on an easy quest. There is one of the Scaber Stalks at the entrance that is safe.

Comment by Allakhazam

Did this quest last night with a pick up group that formed at the cave mouth. There were 2 Druids, 2 Warriors, and a Hunter. Levels were 14 - 16. We basically ran amok through the caves killing whatever crossed our paths. Only took about 15 minutes for all of us to have the quest items and there were some nice drops to roll on along the way.

There are usually enough people questing at the 3 furblog camps in the immediate vicinity of the cave so anyone who is having problems soloing this quest might want to visit the camps to form a group.

Good Luck,

Rorn15 Druid Skywall

Comment by Allakhazam

Follow the path north till you reach the bridge at Cliffspring river. Follow the stream inland toward the mountain be on the east side of the river. Youll get to a waterfall, follow the path up the mountain beside the waterfall. The cave is behind the waterfall at the top of the path.

Comment by Allakhazam

I leveled up to 16 on a hunter while in the cave, but this proves extreamlly difficult. I can see the cave mushroom at the top where theres 1 stormscale and a few bosses. Every time I try to lure the 1 stormscale, the bosses come alot with her, proving very difficult. To make matters worse the stormscale respawn pretty quickly, so when to find your corpse and revive, you die in 5 secs.Ugh.

Comment by Allakhazam

I'm a 15 hunter and I didn't have any trouble soloing this hardly at all. Just need to take your time, they are mostly single pulls, two at the most. Definately not an elite quest or wrong level description...people need to stop whining when it's a little tricky..

Maybe they've softened it cuz I didn't see the 16 elite linked to 2 others...

For the knockback put your back to a wall and you should be fine, if you aren't careful though it'll throw you over the ledge down to the bottom. Also if you get in trouble do a swan dive off the waterfall to the pool below, they don't follow you.

If you really find it hard... bring a hunter.

Comment by Boxofbeer

To complete the quest you need to locate The Cave behind Cliffspring Falls, kill it and harvest some Scaber Stalk and Death Cap.Move to northeast of Auberdine untill you see a river. There's a waterfall at the start of river. The cave is above that waterfall.The path up to the entrance starts at northern side of river. The cave is filled with naga mobs, you should be really carefull.Scaber Stalk are blue mushrooms, Death Cap are brown ones. They are inside the cave, luckily there enough near the entrance.

Comment by Boxofbeer

To complete the quest you need to locate The Cave behind Cliffspring Falls and harvest some both Scaber Stalk and Death Cap.Move to northeast of Auberdine untill you see a river. There's a waterfall at the start of river. The cave is above that waterfall.The path up to the entrance starts at northern side of river. The cave is filled with naga mobs, you should be really carefull.Scaber Stalk are blue mushrooms, Death Cap are brown ones. They are inside the cave, luckily there enough near the entrance (they have short respawn timer).